Chapter 396: The Power of the Ballista
Of course, for Luofeng Town, the biggest reason why this Blackwater Fortress is easy to hold is that the front it needs to guard is very short.
The Blackwater Fortress spans the official road, and the east-west span is only about forty meters, and there is a section of it that stretches into the river, otherwise the line that needs to be guarded is even shorter.
At such a distance, with the current strength of the Blackwater Fortress, as long as it is not the orc clan that will send the strongest masters to attack as soon as they come up, it is basically impossible to capture the fortress in a short period of time, you must know that there are not only tens of thousands of soldiers in the fortress now, but also thirty territory guards.
Zhu Xiangyang rushed up to the city wall, first greeted Cheng Yang, and then asked, "Lord, why did you come from the direction of Wucheng?" β
It's no wonder that Zhu Xiangyang was surprised, you must know that now all the fighters in the Wucheng area have been withdrawn, and it is already a dead place for human beings. Cheng Yang and the others were already a little weird when they came out of Wucheng.
In addition, on weekdays, Mile Yang usually uses the Huicheng Stone directly to return to Luofeng Town, and basically does not rely on walking, so Zhu Xiangyang will inevitably be curious when he sees Cheng Yang's group of people.
Cheng Yang looked into the distance and said, "We went in to destroy the field station in the Wucheng area, the news leaked, and now an orc force is chasing this side." You go and give the order, the fortress is put into a state of war, and all the officers are on the highest alert. β
Zhu Xiangyang was taken aback, he was in charge of guarding the Blackwater Fortress, and naturally knew that the main responsibility of this fortress was to guard against the attack of the orcs, but so far, he had not even seen the shadow of the orcs.
Now that he suddenly heard Cheng Yang say that an orc army was rushing over, it was no wonder that he was surprised.
However, Zhu Xiangyang's military literacy is very good, and after receiving Cheng Yang's order, he didn't ask any more questions, and immediately went down to deploy.
In less than a minute, Chen Yun and Cao Cun came to the city wall with more than twenty territorial guards.
After they wanted Cheng Yang to see him, Chen Yun asked with some excitement, "Lord." Heard Zhu Xiangyang say that there are orcs who want to attack the Blackwater Fortress? β
Cheng Yang said: "We were chased by the orcs just now, and as for whether they will attack the Blackwater Fortress, it is unknown for the time being. Let's stay here first, and be prepared. β
Chen Yun and the others have been able to stay in Luofeng Town all along, because of the strength of Luofeng Town, they have not encountered any war, which is simply too boring for them, and now that they finally have something to do, each of them is very excited in their hearts.
However, this time it was an orc attack, and they didn't dare to take it lightly. Strong for orcs. They understand more thoroughly than Cheng Yang and others.
The group of orcs did not let Cheng Yang and the others wait too long, and after a few minutes, the fierce-looking orc army rushed to more than fifty meters in front of the fortress.
At this time, they did not continue to get closer, but listened in place, looking coldly at the fortress in front of them.
This is the first time that an orc has reached the Blackwater Fortress, of course, whether there are birds or orcs who have reached the sky above the Blackwater Fortress, Cheng Yang does not know.
For the vast majority of the warriors in Blackwater Fortress. This was also the first time they had seen an orc. Although there were also orcs in the orc villages in the main city area before, no one dared to approach those orc villages because of Cheng Yang's ban.
"Lord. These guys are orcs? Zhu Xiangyang, who returned to Cheng Yang's side, couldn't help but ask.
Cheng Yang nodded and said, "That's right, don't look at them like beasts, but the smart Cheng dΓΉ is no less than humans." Don't take the enemy lightly. β
Zhu Xiangyang immediately said: "Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will definitely deal with it carefully." β
Suddenly, one of the orcs took a few steps forward and shouted in a dull voice, "Despicable human. Have the ability to come out and fight to the death! β
Depend on! This orc will fight! It seems that I was really carried away by the idea of personal heroism.
Cheng Yang is not a fool, how could he rush out directly, and laughed: "Aren't you orcs quite capable?" Why are you here to attack the city? What kind of ability was it to sneak up on some defenseless wild villages in the past? If you can beat me down this level, it's a skill. β
When the orc heard this, he was immediately annoyed, but after all, he was not carried away, and knew that the postponement of the level was not so easy to play. Moreover, after these encounters between Cheng Yang and the orcs, the orcs already have an understanding of the combat effectiveness of Cheng Yang and others, and in small-scale battles, the overall strong advantage of the orc clan cannot be reflected at all.
Obviously, the fortress in front of them is only suitable for small-scale charges, and they don't want to storm this fortress on a large scale unless they think of other ways.
"Do you really think that this little fortress can stop the expansion of our orcs?" The orc suddenly put away his anger and said very calmly.
Cheng Yang didn't think about anything else, smiled very chicly, and said, "You have to try it before you know." Why don't you come and try it? β
The orc on the other side ignored him, and a thin lizardman next to the orc whispered to the orc leader, "What do we do now?" Is it just going to retreat? β
The leader of the orcs said in a low voice: "Stay where you are first, I have already asked people to go back to report to the leader, what will happen is still up to the leader to decide." β
The lizardman was silent.
Cheng Yang quietly used the reconnaissance technique on the city wall to check on the few orcs standing at the front, and found that there were four of them who were all late-stage second-order guys, it seemed that this orc clan was really powerful.
The orcs in the late second order are much more powerful than the middle stage of the second order, and if they can be killed here, it will definitely make the orc clan suffer for a long time.
This thought lingered in Cheng Yang's mind, but if the other party didn't rush up to attack, how could he kill the other party?
Suddenly, Cheng Yang's heart moved, he seemed to have transferred a special profession in the territory to this Blackwater Fortress, and now it can come in handy.
"Zhu Xiangyang, I remember that the only instrument master in our territory is in Blackwater Fortress, right? Why didn't you see it? Cheng Yang turned his head to Zhu Xiangyang and asked.
Zhu Xiangyang immediately said: "Lord Qiyu, now is the time for Zhu Xiangyang to cultivate, so he is now cultivating in Wangjia Village. Do you need him now? β
Cheng Yang nodded and said, "Yes, you immediately let someone transfer him." β
Zhu Xiangyang immediately went down.
Soon, Zhu Xiangyang came to the city wall with Wukong, the only instrument master in the territory, and Cheng Yang said with a satisfied smile on his face: "Wukong, you have now advanced to the beginner level, right?" What is the attack power? β
Wukong immediately saluted Cheng Yang and said, "Lord Qiqi, my subordinates have been promoted to the rank of sergeant more than ten days ago, and now their attack power has reached 152 points. β
Cheng Yang didn't need to calculate at all, he knew that Wukong already had the strength to kill the second-order late-stage demonic beast in seconds, and immediately said, "Okay! You hide behind the other fighters in a moment, quietly get the ballista out and adjust it accurately, and destroy the biggest lizardman in front of you first. β
Wukong immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, lord, that guy will definitely not survive today." β
With that, Wukong hid behind a few warriors, and then took out his ballista from the storage ring.
Cheng Yang has been standing at the forefront, stimulating the orcs with words, he doesn't know the plans of this group of orcs, for fear that these guys will run away and let his arrangement be in vain.
Just when the two sides were fighting fiercely, suddenly a sound of breaking the air came, and everyone only felt a flash of light and shadow, and then heard a miserable scream, and the lizardman who was still helping the orc leader flew out upside down, and a crossbow arrow with a thick arm passed through his chest, and he died before he landed.
This change frightened the orcs on the scene, all of them were standing fifty meters away? How can it be attacked by the human side? Could it be that the human side already has a fighter who has broken through to the division level?
These orcs know a lot more than humans, not only about their own growth process, but also about the professional growth of humans. Before a human warfighter breaks through to the division level, the attack range of all ranged attack classes is greatly limited, and after breaking through to the division level, this limitation will be broken.
If there were divisional fighters on the human side now, it would be an absolute catastrophic thing for the orcs.
However, when the orc leader saw the huge crossbow bolt stuck in the lizardman's corpse, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, this should be a ballista.
Although the deterrent power of the ballista is also very powerful, it is definitely much better than the emergence of divisional fighters now.
This qiΔ only flashed in the mind of the orc leader, and when he realized that his companion was being attacked by the ballista, his mind immediately showed the huge power of the ballista and the extremely long attack distance.
"Stand back!" The orc leader let out a loud shout, then ordered the army to retreat immediately.
But since he was now at the forefront of the army, it would not be so easy to withdraw from the ballista's range, unless he could jump into the air and ignore his men.
I have to say that this guy is really ruthless enough, after giving the order to retreat, he went directly into the orc team, obviously preparing to use the rest of the orcs as a shield.
The attack method of the crossbow arrow is destined to make it impossible for it to cross the middle barrier and directly attack the target in the rear, so after this guy rushed into the team, Wukong's crossbow arrow really could not hit him again.
However, although he hid in, a bear orc beside him was unlucky, this guy was also a late second-order stor, and because of his race, he had a pigeon as high as three meters, even if he rushed into the orc, most of his body was still exposed.
Seeing this group of orcs exploding backwards in an orderly manner, Cheng Yang said calmly: "Go on!" β
Immediately, another crossbow arrow was fired, instantly piercing through the sky, accurately piercing into the body of the fleeing bear orc, even if he shot the guy to the ground, he never got up again. (To be continued......)